The Ethos & Services at Country Homes Antiques

Our vast experience and passion for antiques is second to none and is your guarantee of authenticity and satisfaction.

Quality Authenticity Diversity

Country Homes Antiques has 40 years of antiques trading experience at your service. Come browse our diverse stocks of genuine antiques for all purses and tastes.

Ethos & Services at Country Homes Antiques

With vast experience and passion for antiques is second to none and is your guarantee of authenticity and satisfaction. We make it simple for you.

Worldwide safe pack free service. No breakages, that waste time and cost money. We safe pack first.

Fair market prices with no + 20% + vat,( buyers premium) charged by UK auctioneers.

All items purchased are quality controlled prior to shipping. We also provide further images should we feel any catalogue description or imagery is not completely reflective of the piece in question. Final pre-shipping inspection. We want to first make sure you know exactly what you are purchasing and that you receive exactly what you expected. In the condition as described and depicted. You can buy with confidence at countryhomesantiques.co.uk

Auction Houses verses countryhomesantiques.co.uk

Our Services. Terms & Conditions.

Buying Fine Paintings with us.

The benefits in brief

Buyers; Buy here at auction prices without +20%buyers premium that all auction house now charge. All post-able purchases dispatched next day from cleared funds.

Buyers safeguard

Which means a big saving should you find that special item in our galleries and multi-purchase discounts. And if we don’t have it, our many experienced pairs of eyes and ears can help to find it.

NO + 20% Buyers Premium in here!

As former Fine Arts Auctioneers, we are used to selling on behalf of collectors and client estates, valuing for hammer, with 40yrs of understanding buyer requirements. We offer ease of trading with seamless WWW transactions.

Purchase payment plans

At Country Homes Antiques we offer 30-90 day purchase payment plans for those who are registered with us. Contact us for further details and all registered user benefits.

Quality control

Everything purchased is checked and passed by us as a sound purchase “is as described”, safe packed by us, and sent by us to you. At the point of purchase from countryhomesantiques.co.uk, we become the buyer’s agents to check item, collect the item, pay for item where necessary, safe pack and ship

item from countryhomesantiques.co.uk (shipping only is buyer’s expense)

For the interest of auction buyers/sellers

Auction houses of repute now charge upwards of 20%-30% to sell on your behalf ( plus a cataloguing fee of course! ) and often a small handling charge as well. That is 20%-30% commission + handling etc, usually adding up to 40% of hammer total with all the little tip bits auctions impose. A hammer price £10,000 painting that has now been in auction storage for between 3 to 7 months if fortunate becomes a cheque made out to you for around £6000-£6500. The buyer of your item happily paid £12,000 including the 20% auction buyers premium for your £10,000 on hammer item. Had it been offered through countryhomesantiques.co.uk open to same/similar audiences for (same fair hammer price £10,000) with no buyer premium, the buyer saves 20%, the £2000 BP donation to the auctioneers.

Fine Paintings, More info

Clients can depend on and purchase with confidence. As former fine arts quarterly catalogue sale auctioneers in Scotland and USA ( Florida LLC ) with live audiences and online bidding, fine arts and antique auctions, we have always been happy to provide any relevant info on any item within our online salesrooms. to include further detailed images, further expert opinion etc.

THE MATHS

Auctioneers, from between the seller and the buyer now take 40-50% of the sales in total. Latterly, as dealers and shops have declined, the auction houses have taken great advantage of this situation. When we were auctioneers it was 10% buyers 10%-15% sellers. Now its double that and more. Our way may well serve you better.

SELLING

Valuations. If you have Fine Art, or an antique item you would like to sell to countryhomesantiques.co.uk. Items valued by Andrew Christie, please feel free to send us images and any information you have on the item including sizes. We will get back to you with any further requirements for accurate assessment thereafter should we need to follow up. Ever the agents for the seller and buyer alike. Nothing has changed here.

Finally – Countryhomesantiques.co.uk reserves the right to

1/ Refuse any item for listing and if deemed necessary without giving a reason.
2/ RETURNS MAY BE ACCEPTED SHOULD ITEM BE DAMAGED IN TRANSIT MINUS RETURN TRANSIT COSTS. or PAY PAL or other COMMISSIONS CHARGED UPON PURCHASE.
3/ Postal items are insured with basic insurance unless otherwise instructed and paid for by the client.

Valuations for insurance or probate, absolute discretion

Proof of ownership maybe be required. Collectors pay more for Fine Art with provenience.

ANDREW CHRISTIE with BBC ANTIQUES ROAD TRIPs.

Left; Charles Braxton tentatively coughing up hard BBC cash Right; Paul and Andrew with TV soap star Longstanding Sargent in the Bill, and East Enders favourite Roberta Taylor..